VDB-132973 · CVE-2018-19282 · GCVE-0-2018-19282

Rockwell Automation PowerFlex 525 AC Drives up to 5.001 CIP Network Stack resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Rockwell Automation PowerFlex 525 AC Drives up to 5.001. Impacted is an unknown function of the component CIP Network Stack. This manipulation causes resource consumption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2018-19282. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Rockwell Automation PowerFlex 525 AC Drives up to 5.001 (Automation Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component CIP Network Stack. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Rockwell Automation PowerFlex 525 AC Drives 5.001 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by crashing the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) network stack. The vulnerability allows the attacker to crash the CIP in a way that it does not accept new connections, but keeps the current connections active, which can prevent legitimate users from recovering control.

The bug was discovered 03/28/2019. The weakness was presented 04/04/2019. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-19282 since 11/14/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

Automation Software

Vendor

Rockwell Automation

Name

PowerFlex 525 AC Drives

Version

5.001

License

commercial

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/14/2018 🔍
03/28/2019 +134 days 🔍
04/04/2019 +7 days 🔍
04/05/2019 +1 days 🔍
08/25/2023 +1603 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ics-cert.us-cert.gov
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-19282 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-19282
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-132973

Entryinfo

Created: 04/05/2019 07:05
Updated: 08/25/2023 10:18
Changes: 04/05/2019 07:05 (54), 05/25/2020 16:51 (1), 08/25/2023 10:12 (3), 08/25/2023 10:18 (1)
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